Central hires rig to drill two Northern Territory wells
Australian energy company Central Petroleum has contracted Ensign Rig 963 to drill the Palm Valley Deep and Dingo 5 exploration wells in the Amadeus basin in Northern Territory, it said on December 20.
The rig is expected to mobilise from its current drilling programme in the Canning basin to Palm Valley in January, allowing for spudding in the first half of February, the company said.
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Central has also contracted Silver City Rig 23 to drill the two Range pilot step out wells, Range 9 and Range 10, in Queensland’s Surat basin, with civil works delayed by the recent heavy rainfall.
“Provided there are no further weather delays, drilling is expected to commence in January 2022. With interference testing on the existing pilot wells (Range 6, 7 and 8) now complete, pilot testing will resume once the Range 9 and 10 wells are online in Q1 2022,” Central said.